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Talk:World History Lecture One (view source)
Revision as of 20:50, March 26, 2007
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:This, "There is no reason to think that man existed for thousands of years without ever expressing himself in written form." is as stupid as saying that there's no good reason it took until 1903 for a heavier-than-air flying machine to be built. Andy, you really might want to do some research into linguistics and the nature and genesis of writing. Also see oral traditions and economics. [[User:NousEpirrhytos|NousEpirrhytos]] 16:43, 26 March 2007 (EDT)
:This, "There is no reason to think that man existed for thousands of years without ever expressing himself in written form." is as stupid as saying that there's no good reason it took until 1903 for a heavier-than-air flying machine to be built. Andy, you really might want to do some research into linguistics and the nature and genesis of writing. Also see oral traditions and economics. [[User:NousEpirrhytos|NousEpirrhytos]] 16:43, 26 March 2007 (EDT)
:Uh, no... "language ... [was]] ... created in ancient history". Language was created in pre-history, ''writing'' was created in ancient history. [[User:NousEpirrhytos|NousEpirrhytos]] 16:50, 26 March 2007 (EDT)
==Dates==
==Dates==
I noticed one mistake (at least I'm pretty sure it is one). Isn't the 5th Century BC 500-401 not 401-500? The years went backwards until they reached 0, then started counting up. [[User:Jrssr5|Jrssr5]] 14:07, 26 March 2007 (EDT)
I noticed one mistake (at least I'm pretty sure it is one). Isn't the 5th Century BC 500-401 not 401-500? The years went backwards until they reached 0, then started counting up. [[User:Jrssr5|Jrssr5]] 14:07, 26 March 2007 (EDT)